Volca type drum sequencer

[gagarin]

Hi,
Does any one knows how to build simple volca type drum sequencer to control axoloti based drum maschine? Or it is easyer to buy a beatstep pro to do the job?

[mokomo]

I think you'll find items in the example code in the IDE that'll cover this to a large extent; though I'm not familiar with Volca specific drum sequencer functions, there are sequencers and sample player examples that you can control via midi.

[gagarin]

I thought about hardware controller made with arduino or similar.

[MrBim]

It can definitely be done.
First thing to do is work out how many controls and what kind you want to use.

From there it's a case of managing variables with the arduino and sending them to the axo.

[janvantomme]

You could use two LKM1638 boards for that, but it will require a lot of custom object programming to make it work.

Connecting the LKM1638 board

Now that I've finished writing my book, it's time for me to build some actual instruments with Axoloti. I'll use this topic to document the process of connecting the LKM1638 board, so you have a starting point if you are interested in building an instrument with it. You can buy these boards for around €7 at DealExtreme. The specs of these boards: 8x 7-segment display 8x double-color green/red LED 8x button A great thing is that the boards can be chained, so you could use two of them to c…